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Be it known that I, LEVI S.SMI' 1H, of Gorsuch's Mills,l Baltimore county, State of Maryland, have invented cut 4the pegs withn drawing cut and crowd the cutter towards the side ,of the shoe.-

@nitro I' grafts chant- @frn LEVI S. SMITH, OF GORSUCHS MILLS, MARYLAND, 'SS'IGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOSEPH V. WINN-EMILLER, 0F THE SAME PLACE.

'Lettera Patent No. 69,265, dated September 24,1867.

I MPROVED PEG-GUTTER certain new and useful Improvements in Peg-Cutters or Floats for'Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare thefnllnwing description and accompanying drawings are suicient to enable any person skilled in the art or v science to which it most nearly appertains to make anduse my'said invention or improvements without furtherinvention or' experiment. l

The nature of my invention and improvements consists in making the cutting teeth of a peg-cutter on two or more plates to permit of 'filing or sharpening the teeth when made at different angles on the different plates, and combining lugs with toothed plates ofjapeculia'r construction; also in 'making the floats or cutting edges to incline backward from'the sides towards the'centre, so as to cu-t the pegs with a drawing. cut and crowd the cutter towards the side of the shoe.

v In the accompanying'dmin'gs, -A'is the-stool? oftheiltt'er, 'provided'w'rthaishankgjextended-a properl length for insertion in` a handle. The stock A is -slightlycurved to receive the toothed plates C which are fitted to it. .These pla-tes .C C have a rib, D, `on one edge, where .they come together in the'middle, which ribs are fitted to a slot in tho'stock A, and one end cut dove-tailingassliown in the drawing, so thatjwhen the ribs are put in the slot and pushed forwardthe dove-tailing ends catch and hold them onto the stock. -There is a third toothed plate, F, which fits behind the other two, as-sh'own` in fig. 1 'and is shown separately in fig. This-' vplate is provided with two pins o r lugs, G, which .fit holes in -the stock-A to hold it on vto the stock and hold the plates C C in their proper position on the stock. Thereis a plate, H, :iig'..4, that-lits on to the lugs -G after `they pass through the stcck,which plate has a-Ihig, I, to'fitin theslot b ehindthe ribs D tofhold the plates `forward on the vstock,.so that when the plate His put on `the "lugs and the pin'J put through them,the whole instrument is held firmly together forusteiu cutting `the points-ot` pegs'in boots'or. shoes. making. the teeth;`

or floats on two plates instead of one, I ani enabled to'mnkc theur a't difiere-nt angles and still have them so that when the plates are taken out andseparated the teeth can be sharpen'edwith a fileorj'otherwise. And by making the teeth atl the angles shown in fig. I they mark the pegs lwith a drawing cut, which tends to carry the cutter' towards the side ofthe shoe,. 'a.nd saves the operator fromso much exertion in' pressing it towards'the side 'of the shoe, as would otherwise 'be necessary, besides the drawing cut marks the pegs smoother than a direct.

cut, which is a great advantage.' 1 v I contemplate that the toothed plates may be fastened on the stock in various ways, which will'. readily suggest themselves to skillful artisans, and that the plate H may behdispensed with. Y

I claim making the cutting teeth of a peg-cutter on two or more plates, to permit o t ilin'g or sharpening the teeth when made at different angles on the different plates, substantially as described.

I claim the lugs on the plates, in combination with the plate, constructed andy arranged substantiallyas described.

I claim making the'oats or cutting edges-to incline backwards from the sides towards the centre, so 'as to Witnesses:

J. DENNIS, Jr., EDM. F. BnowN. 

